This book was 700-something-pages! I read the first book and watched the movie and then read the second half and watched the movie also.1. Very funny 2. True I didn't get hooked up from the beginning but the perseverance paid off 3. Longest book I ever read till now4. Bridget was some kind of positivist and I'm glad she did not shag Daniel after seeing that naked girl on his roof.5. Mark Darcy is (as she said) is a sex god 6. I can't wait to get my hands on the third book!! 7. TOTALLY getting a

omg- i loved these two books so much! I want to see more Bridget please!! laughed so much- didnt cry from emotions as much as cried from embarrassment for Bridget.. love the character of Darcy being played by Colin Firth in the movies after the Firth incident in the book!! pure casting genius! Appreciate the movies so much more now- had always loved them but seriously Fielding needs to write another BJ novel:)

Bridget Jones diary is a novel based on the fictive character Bridget Jones; a slightly superficial yet humorous thirty somthing women, searching for mister right, dealing with family (especially her somwhat hyserical and bizare mother), while trying handle her job.The story of Bridget is light and funny, but in the end just can't stay on its tracks. I found myself quickly irritated by Bridgets desperate and slightly pathetic need of a man (what happened to being a little independent). Of course...

I loved the book! It’s so easy to read.You can’t put it down when you start to read. Because you’re in her head. You get her feelings, thoughts… You get a clear view of her life and her diary because the book is classified in days and even hours. When I saw this, ‘I didn’t start reading it’, I thought it could be a negative thing but it wasn’t, because at this way you’re getting more the feeling that you’ re a part of the book. Bridget is a character that you can’t hate as a woman. It’s so recog...

A rare case where the film is better than the book.

I absolutely loved BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY. Helen Fielding did an amazing job! Many women can relate to Bridget, I know I can! She is a very laughable character, there is literally no filtering system between her brain and her mouth which is why she always says things without thinking and the humour comes from her trying to dig her way out of those embarrassing times! Bridget struggles to find the perfect man and resigns herself to becoming a spinster, which is hilarious because she isn't even tha...

I went into the books with knowledge of the films. Slightly different but still the same old Bridget. Love these books!Full review here:https://sherlockianbooklover.wordpres...

Not my general type of book, but it was an entertaining read that was nowhere near as cringeworthy as it's movies (which annoys me because that means my Mum wins an almost decade long debate). But a solid read (especially for a vacation where you're turning of your brain and enjoying the sun) and exactly what it should be given its genre.

I loved the 2nd book even better than first. I was laughing so hard within the first few chapters I started having an asthma attack. I was so disappointed the movie wasn't nearly as good, but this book is hysterical. I love Bridget Jones. Most of the time I feel like I am her--saying the wrong things, making a fool of myself, but always well intentioned and searching for love. Absolutely loved this book!

Helen Fielding's Bridget Jone's Diary is the perfect winter read. I picked up this book after happening across the film adaptation and honestly I cannot praise this franchise enough. As someone who thoroughly enjoys a good romance I found the story line to be quirky and entertaining. As for the protagonist Bridget, well she is the most relatable character I have found in a novel in quite a while. Who doesn't have issues with eating too much on the holidays, or really any other time of year for t...

A very uneven offering from Fielding, whose first two Bridget Jones' books are classics, in my opinion. Her greatest creations are the character of Mark Darcy and the indelible voice of Bridget Jones. The first two books were wonderful, sort of a melding of The Odd Couple with Jane Austen. But, Mad About The Boy is all about Bridget's voice and her failure to grow and mature. She's just getting old. It's disappointing and unthinkable that after what, 10 years or so with Mark Darcy, she couldn't/...

I spent more than 4 days reading this 2-Books-In-1 of Helen Fielding: Bridget Jones's Diary and The Edge of Reason. The first book is the Filipino Group's Book of the Month Choice for February 2010 with the theme Romantic Comedy. I voted for Unrequited Love for the theme because I thought I would nominate Wuthering Heights so that I would have a compelling reason to read it. But it lost to rom-com so I had to think of a good novel for that. I thought of nominating The Graduate or Breakfast at Ti...

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is the second book of the Bridget Jones Diary series. This book had me both laughing out loud and cringing at the situations Bridget gets herself into. I've watched the movie a dozen times but never read the book so to be able to actually picture the characters as I read - her loopy friends, her crazy Mum and her sexy squeeze Mark Darcy - made for a really interesting read. I'm not usually a movie buff, preferring to read the book wherever possible and this is a...

I read both of these books while on holiday in Tenerife in 2002, I was away with the girls and need some books to read while I recovered from my daily hangover. The first book was by far the better read and you really feel for Bridget and the way her love life just doesn't want to go right. I managed to get through this book in three sittings with the a couple of glasses of San Miguel. The second book was good but not as enjoyable as the first - though I loved the bit where she is tripping out o...

I couldn't put the books down, I found them both funny and entertaining. Yes, the books aren't perfect but they are certainly easy to read.

3.2 starsBridget jones diaries 2.5 starsThe Edge of reason 4 starsI got the omnibus version including the 1st two books in the series.I read it over the course of 2 months, that doesn't makes it too long.In fact each one is a fast read!Basically it's a chick lit / modern retelling of pride and prejudice . It is about Bridget misfortunes and adventures in finding love in the modern world.It was quite hilarious, my face literally hurt me from smiling too much ...cackling like a mad is more like it...

Bridget Jones's Diary - 4 starsI loved the first book in the series. Bridget is idiotic and loathes herself for her weight issues and the choices that she makes but I still laughed. This was my first chick-lit read. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - 2.5 starsI didn't like this book as much as I liked the first one. Bridget was frustrating in this one. The only thing that I liked about this was Mark Darcy.

the fatphobia was just… not it

Funny, funny, funny! Humiliatingly humorous, mainly because Fielding is so honest I recognize the awkwardness in myself. Must read!

3.5 StarsEntertaining and mostly saved by visions of Colin Firth/Mark Darcy during reading. Like a grown up version of “Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging”.In hindsight a bit shocking how many unwanted sexual advances Bridget receives and accepts as no big deal. Sometimes wanted to shake B as she made so may bone-headed decisions in her life/career/love life.Can’t look away/stop reading, in manner of train wreck.